PELHAMS PRE-SCHOOL

Registered charity 1072299 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Control the activities of Pelhams Pre-School

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY:A) OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY FACILITIES AND TRAINING COURSES, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH GROUPS, ENSURING THAT SUCH GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL CHILDREN, REGARDLESS OF RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION OR MEANS.B) ENCOURAGING THE STUDY OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREAS.C) INSTIGATING AND ADHERING TO AND FURTHERING THE AIM OF THE PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ALLIANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£112k

Latest spending

£105k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had an opening balance of £78,311.89 and a closing balance of £111,623.54 for the year ending August 2025. Total income was £111,623.54 against total expenditure of £105,385.22, resulting in a surplus. The trustees confirm that all accounts submitted are correct to the best of their knowledge with no known issues.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Government income: £95,455 — grants £95,455 (3); 86% of the £111,623 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 19/07/2024, 19 days after the 30/06/2024 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 19/08/2023, 50 days after the 30/06/2023 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 15/11/2022, 138 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Frances Mawson
Sophie Goodman
Tracy Langlois · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£112k	£105k
31/08/2024	£106k	£105k
31/08/2023	£79k	£79k
31/08/2022	£72k	£91k
31/08/2021	£74k	£67k

Common questions

Is PELHAMS PRE-SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had an opening balance of £78,311.89 and a closing balance of £111,623.54 for the year ending August 2025. Total income was £111,623.54 against total expenditure of £105,385.22, resulting in a surplus. The trustees confirm that all accounts submitted are correct to the best of their knowledge with no known issues.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEACHES PRE-SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PELHAMS PRE-SCHOOL	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEACHES PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£309k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
PELHAM HALL FY2025	£43k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHALK VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£97k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHELFORD VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£77k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMBLE BROOK PRE-SCHOOL FY2025	£196k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.